Hertfordshire · Ductwork cleaning
Ductwork cleaning in Puttenham, Hertfordshire
Our technicians work in Puttenham on ductwork cleaning. Fixed quotes, work around your opening hours and photo reports on every job.
- Grease seeping out of the duct seams
- Sections of duct with no access panels
- Readings above 200 microns from a grease thickness test
Different parts, different methods
Multi-storey and shared buildings
In a shared building, the duct links the kitchen to other spaces, so the responsible person has more reason to keep it clean. Your certificate and report give building managers the record they need.
Access panels
After cleaning, every panel is closed and sealed, so grease and air stay inside the duct. A damaged panel is noted on the report.
Ductwork cleaning for kitchens and businesses in Puttenham
Many ducts were installed with too few access doors. TR19 calls for any section we couldn’t reach to be recorded, and new panels can be fitted to reach it in future. An honest report beats a guess. The work covers bends and junctions, attenuators and multi-storey ducts, and the jobs we see most are duct runs that can’t be reached and high readings at a recent grease test.
Work in a small place like Puttenham starts with a call to agree access and timings, and the clean covers the whole system, as it would anywhere: canopy to discharge, then a TR19® certificate and a photo report.
Each visit ends with a written report and photos, so there’s a dated record of the work. Kitchen extract cleaning to TR19® Grease is certificated through the BESCA Vent Hygiene Elite portal.
- Place
- Puttenham (HP23)
- Wider area
- Hertfordshire
- Records
- Certificate plus before-and-after pictures
- Quote
- A fixed quote up front
- Working hours
- After hours by arrangement; emergencies any time
- Phone
- 0345 646 2711
- Checked
- 30 October 2026
Puttenham: your questions answered
Will you come out to Puttenham?
Yes, smaller places are covered as well as towns. Let us know about access, parking and anything unusual about getting there when you book.
Can the work in Puttenham be done at night or at weekends?
Yes, evening, overnight and weekend work is normal for us. The site is handed back ready to open. Your opening times are the first thing we ask for.
How much does ductwork cleaning cost in Puttenham?
Size, condition, access and working hours all affect the cost. Ask us for a fixed quote and we will normally reply within one working day.
Is a quote from pictures possible?
Often, yes. With good photos, the site type and your last report, we can price many jobs. Where we can’t see enough, we arrange a survey.
How do you keep the site clean during the work?
With sheeting and covers, before anything else happens. We keep the work contained and clean down when we finish.
Who is the responsible person?
It depends on the building. Under the Fire Safety Order 2005, it’s the responsible person, which may be the employer, owner, landlord, facilities manager or managing agent.
How often should kitchen ducts be cleaned?
It follows the same interval as the whole extract, from every 3 months for heavy use to every 12 months for light use. Grease thickness testing shows whether that’s often enough.
What happens to the waste?
It leaves the site with us when we go. During the work, it’s contained so the area stays clean.
Managing agents and facilities teams in Puttenham
If you look after several sites, we can schedule visits across all of them on one quote. Each site gets its own report and photos, so records stay tidy.
Whether it’s one building or many, you get the same standard: diagnosis, a fixed price, work booked around your hours and a written report with photos.
The process
When we arrive, we check the system against the survey or the photos you sent. If anything is different, we talk it through with the person on site before carrying on. From there, it takes a few hours for a short run, longer for long runs and tall risers. Photos of the system and how to reach it help us plan a visit to Puttenham.
- We trace the duct and find every way in.
- Grease thickness is measured at set points.
- Out of hours, the area is protected and the access panels opened.
- Thick grease is scraped out, then the runs and risers are degreased.
- Panels are closed, readings and pictures repeated, and unreachable sections recorded.
Getting ready for the visit
- Have your last certificate or report to hand
- Let us know when the site is closed or quiet
- Make sure equipment near the work can be switched off and left to cool
Ask for a quote
Some systems can be priced from photos; others need a survey. Larger sites, and anything hidden behind walls, ceilings or floors, are normally surveyed first. Either way, the quote is fixed before any work is booked.
Advice
Why act early in Puttenham
TR19® isn’t law, but the duty to manage fire risk is. Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, the responsible person must assess and reduce fire risk, including the grease inside the extract ductwork. In a place like Puttenham, ductwork and fans are easy to forget until something goes wrong.
The price reflects the work, not guesswork. That’s why every job is surveyed first, and why the quote is fixed before we start.
Why Puttenham businesses choose us
- Photo reports with every job
- One number for every site across the South East and London
- CHAS, SafeContractor and ISO 9001
- We are fully insured
Honest limits
A few issues sit outside what this work can do:
- Leaking duct joints that need repair
- Sections that cannot be reached safely without new access (those are recorded, and panels can be fitted)
- A duct that’s too small or badly routed for the kitchen (a design issue)
If in doubt, give us a ring on 0345 646 2711, or send details by email and we will say what we think.
Parts of the system we cover
- Horizontal duct runs
- Bends and junctions
- Attenuators
- Vertical risers
- Multi-storey ducts
- Access panels
Looking after it afterwards
Aftercare is simple, and it helps at the next visit:
- Make sure filters are seated properly
- Ask for a grease thickness test if the kitchen gets busier
- Do not block access panels with shelving or stock
- Run the extract fan throughout service
The report gives a recommended next clean date, worked out from the grease we found and how long you cook each day, in line with BESA guidance.
Extra access panels mean more of the duct gets cleaned each time. It does not stop grease forming, but it stops it building unseen.
What your team can do, and what needs us
For ventilation and air handling systems, in-house care is mostly about checks: clear grilles, a log of filter changes and reporting anything odd. The inside of ducts and units needs a specialist.
Good housekeeping makes our visits easier, not unnecessary. Clean filters and tidy surfaces slow the build-up, but the parts you can’t see still need a specialist at the right interval.
Kitchen extracts in Puttenham
In Puttenham, food businesses are inspected by environmental health officers from Buckinghamshire council. A greasy canopy or dripping filters are the sort of thing an inspection can pick up. A dated certificate in the maintenance file answers the question before it’s asked. Puttenham is covered by Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service. Fire and rescue authorities enforce the Fire Safety Order in most non-domestic premises, and in a kitchen that fire risk includes the grease in the extract.
If you run catering at a historic house or estate in the area (Ascott House is about 4.9 miles north), event kitchens in older buildings often have awkward duct runs that need planning. For schools such as Long Marston VA Church of England Primary School, kitchen extract cleaning is normally booked for the holidays, when the canteen is closed. Volunteers running a hall kitchen near Church of St Mary (Church of England), or anywhere in Puttenham, may not know when the extract was last cleaned, and a grease test settles it.
Puttenham is about 4 miles east of Aylesbury, in Hertfordshire. From the centre of Puttenham to the outskirts, we cover ductwork cleaning for every kind of premises, from small sites to large estates. Across Hertfordshire, we cover 381 places, Puttenham among them. Our Milton Keynes page covers sites nearby (15 miles or so).
All of HP23 is within our area for ductwork cleaning, from the main roads to the quietest streets. Whether your site is on Church Road, Astrope Lane and Draytonmead Farm Road or anywhere close by, our technicians can take on the work. We also cover the places around Puttenham: Astrope (1 mile east), Long Marston (1 mile north-east), Buckland (1 mile south), Aston Clinton (2 miles south) and Broughton (2 miles west). Further out, we also cover Hemel Hempstead (12 miles south-east), Berkhamsted (7 miles south-east), Tring (3 miles south-east), Chorleywood (15 miles south-east), Grovehill (12 miles south-east) and Woodhall Farm (12 miles south-east).
What’s near Puttenham
For rail, the closest station is Cheddington station, roughly 3.3 miles north-east of the centre. Other landmarks nearby include Tindal Centre (3.8 miles west) and Pitstone Green Museum (3.2 miles east). For a walk, there’s Haddington Hill and College Lake nature reserve.